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Lizzy, I don’t mind stealing–I encourage it! That’s what is so wonderful about the book blogging community. I’ve stolen/used so many ideas from other people myself. I think it’s fun that we can be a resource to each other!

Hey, saw your post over on LibraryThing. I hear you’re looking for suggestions, and I see you haven’t visited my favourite literary country yet: Sri Lanka. Here are some books I’ve enjoyed:

Anil’s Ghost, by Michael Ondaatje
Mosquito, by Roma Tearne
(loved both of those)

Reef, by Romesh Gunesekera (others over at LT didn’t like this one as much as I did . . . it’s what I call a “quiet novel.” Not for everyone)
Cinnamon Gardens, by Shyam Selvadurai
Running in the Family, by Michael Ondaatje

Dear Lizzy, thank you for the blog, I cannot stop reading it (at work)–I have just bought W F Hermans, after reading your review of Damocles.

I have a suggestion for the ‘Around the World’ challenge. I grew up in the former Yugoslavia and my favourite writer was Mesa Selimovic. He should have won the Nobel Prize for Literature (instead of the guy who wrote ‘The Bridge on Drina’), I always thought, for ‘Death and the Dervis’ (good translation by Bogdan Rakic), available from Amazon. It won’t disappoint you, my whole generation loved the book (I was born in 1970).
(http://www.amazon.com/Death-Dervish-Writings-Unbound-Europe/dp/0810112973)
Kindest regards,
Veronika Farley, Australia

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For the Dominican Republic you should read In the Time of the Butterflies. It is a beautiful story based on real women who were murdered by the dictator Trujillo. A very important historical moment in DR. Don’t let the awful film with Marc Anthony and Penelope Cruz deter you, if that’s the only impression you have. It’s a very moving story and there are videos of interviews with the last surviving sister on YouTube if you are so inclined to research before or after you read. Hope you enjoy!